Ban visit could be enough to free pastor held in N. Korea

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Ban visit could be enough to free pastor held in N. Korea

UN may need to provide incentives to N. Korea for bargaining Pardon, says expert

Jiwon Song December 18, 2015

Ban visit could be enough to free pastor held in N. Korea

DPRK Today

Numerous North Korea experts predicted that a Canadian pastor currently sentenced to life in jail will likely be used in a pardon strategy should UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visit North Korea.

North Korea's Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down a life long hard labor sentence to Korean-Canadian pastor Lim Hyeon-soo. Lim was allegedly accused of plotting to overthrow the state.

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